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FED factory was founded in Kharkov, Ukraine FED factory in a former orphanage in 1920, later given the name Felix E. Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the NKVD. His initials are the name of the plant – the Fed.
Following the introduction of the Leica II in 1932, the Soviet leaders stopped imports of photographic and instructed the factory to create your own factory FED Leica version. Even 18 months later, in 1934, the factory began production of the first Fed clone Leica II camera. Since that time, produced millions of cameras.
FED Model 4, rangefinder camera, was produced by the FED factory in Kharkov, Ukraine in the years 1964-1980. It has interchangeable lenses, mounted on a Leica M39 thread. Were supplied with a standard lens Industar 61 f2.8/53mm. Equipped with a plane shutter, at a speed of 1 second, 1 / 2, 1 / 4, 1 / 8, 1 / 16, 1 / 30, 1 / 60, 1 / 125, 1 / 250 and 1/500s and B, sync speed 1 / 30s and self-timer. Frame size is 24x36mm, 35 mm film type 135. Compared to FED3 care has been selenium light meter.
Fed 4 were produced in two versions, a and b. FED 4 (F190, production from 1964 to 1971) has a scroll wheel, round rangefinder window, the name engraved on the front. Fed 4b (F192, production from 1969 to 1976) is a rapid pull the lever, a rectangular window frame rangefinder and viewfinder with parallax correction. The viewfinder is bigger and the model name is located next to the rangefinder. Type B was produced in three versions, with minor modifications.
Foto-Quelle sold Feda 4 in Germany as Revue 4 (F194). Special versions were produced for the Olympic Games 1980 in Moscow, and on the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution in 1967.
The camera is a real beast; the design is quite heavy and durable.
Data of my collection

Fed 4b body s / n 346688
Lens Industar I-61 2,8 / 53 s / n 8762481

The camera got from Halina a mechanically efficient.
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